Ashperton Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Asperton

In the civil parish of Ashperton.
In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

Ashperton Castle. William de Grandison had Licence to crenellate his house within a park at Ashperton in 1292. The site is marked by a moated island with a roughly rectangular enclosure to the east, possibly a bailey. There are remains of a fish pond. The stonework was removed from the site in the late C18.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1292 May 3.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO64174150

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 112387

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 460

• Web site links
  • http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/ashperton.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p12
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p476
    Shoesmith, Ron, 1996, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press)
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p103 [slight]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p202
    RCHME, 1932, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol2: east p.xxvi, 3
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Chalkley Gould, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Hereford Vol1 p252
    Duncombe, 1902, History of Herefordshire p10
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p95
    Robinson, Rev C J, 1867, The Castles of Herefordshire and Their Lords (The Scolar Press Ltd) p6-7
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p403
• Journal Articles
  • Hickling, R E, 1970, Deserted Medieval Villages, Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club, XL p174
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1281-92) p490